Toowoomba Hospital, 1959. Slide by Heatherbell Mellor, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Mount Isa Hospital from lookout, 1960. Slide by Edward Robertson, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Outback hospital, Forsayth, 1971. Slide by Dennis Costigan, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Hospitals were often sited on the outskirts of towns and cities in Queensland, clearly separating the ill from the healthy. The general hospital in Brisbane was moved from the government precinct in George Street in the city to the suburb of Herston, some kilometres away along a barely made road. Postcards from the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Post and telegraph offices, Mackay, c1908. Postcard Folder, Collection of John Young, Centre for the Government of Queensland

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Telephone Exchange, Ayr, 1992. Slide by Michael Keniger, Collection of the Fryer Library, the University of Queensland.               

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Dismantled telephone-wire poles were collected and burned, Chinchilla Shire, 1979. Slide by Neville Sim Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Standing on a cherry picker, PMG worker cuts redundant telephone wires, Chinchilla Shire, 1979. Slide by Neville Sim Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Redundant telephone-wire pole is pulled from the ground, Chinchilla Shire, 1979.  Slide by Neville Sim Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Radio masts tower over the landscape of Queensland. Emerald radio mast for station 4QD an ABC station servicing the Capricornia region, 1960s. Slide by Ken Self, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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